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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

Putting this best practice into action, in 2019—two years after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico—the Amgen Foundation awarded $257,500 to the University of Puerto Rico for rebuilding efforts. . Institutional disaster philanthropy may be small in comparison to government funding. Support local nonprofits and knowledge in the U.S.

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Budgeting for Your Company’s Matching Gifts Program

Connection Cafe

I often use monthly and year-over-year comparisons, which helps me identify more active times of the year (like hurricane season, #GivingTuesday, or the holidays). Once you have a few months’ worth of data, you can use a reporting system to support the growth of your program.

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Launch Day | Idealware

AFP Blog

Launch Day | Idealware : We had hoped that our latest report, Consumers Guide to Low Cost Content Management Systems, would be the biggest news of the week, but Hurricane Sandy trumped us. Published in partnership with Beaconfire Consulting, it offers detailed reviews and comparisons of 11 Content Management Systems for nonprofits.

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Steve Bridger

Friday, September 26, 2008 at 7:50 pm | Permalink Gerhard Buttner wrote: Interesting comparison (and thanks for that oxfam link): obviously too simplistic as you point out, Steve, but it surely shows something is a bit rotten. When afterwilma debuted, I like many others felt an affinity to the people afflicted by the hurricane.

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